Adventure Travel Podcast - Big World Made Small · Jason Elkins - Big World Made Small Adventure Travel Marketing

Adventure Travel with Danielle Finch - Equera

·1 hr 26 min·5 clips

Danielle moved to Berlin on March 16, 2020, then spent the first year in lockdown with no social contact.

1. Adventure Travel Podcast - Big World Made Small focuses on Danielle Finch and Aquera as a travel-tech story about community-based tourism. 2. Jason Elkins introduces Danielle Finch as the founder and CEO of Aquera, and her role matters because she explains the company’s model directly. 3. The episode asks how a childhood travel goal turned into a platform that makes community-based tourism online bookable. 4. Danielle says Aquera is a SaaS platform that helps community-based tourism organizations become visible in the global travel supply chain. 5. She explains that Aquera uses Gen AI to onboard products, accommodations, experiences, and package travel. 6. She says the platform distributes those offers across B2C and B2B channels and lets operators manage bookings centrally. 7. Danielle adds that Aquera also provides training, product development, and upskilling for guest experience. 8. She says the target is locally led, socially sustainable organizations that reinvest revenue into community development. 9. Danielle says the segment is overlooked even though travel appetite is growing. 10. Jason repeats the idea that many of these operators have struggled to get products and services in front of travelers. 11. Danielle says she grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, after being born in North Carolina. 12. She describes first grade presentations about Kenya and the Great Wall of China as the moment she decided to travel. 13. She says her parents opened their home to international students through Campus Crusade connections. 14. She recalls a student from that period whom she later visited in Japan. 15. Danielle says her parents still invite people from around the world to their home outside Raleigh, North Carolina. 16. She says Kenya later showed her that “life happens simultaneously” and that people across countries can face similar problems. 17. She explains that she went to China through a GE leadership program and made it to the Great Wall. 18. The interview tone stays casual and reflective, with Jason asking follow-up questions about family, relocation, and career choices. 19. People interested in community-based tourism and long-term living abroad will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a tightly technical SaaS breakdown without personal backstory may skip it.

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A grounded business conversation about customer experience and change.

Danielle Finch and Jason Elkins are at their best when the conversation leaves Michelin's customer service overhaul and gets into the people behind the change.

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Hear how a Michelin customer-service transformation becomes a practical people-change story.

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